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OFFICIAL STATE PUBLICATION
VOL. XX—No. 2 FEBRUARY, 1951
PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE PENNSYLVANIA FISH COMMISSION
Division of HON. JOHN S. FINE, Governor A PUBLICITY and PUBLIC RELATIONS * J. Allen Barrett Director PENNSYLVANIA FISH COMMISSION MILTON L. PEEK, President PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER RADNOR George W. Forrest BERNARD S. HORNE, Vice-President PITTSBURGH Editor 1339 E. Philadelphia St., York, Pa. WILLIAM D. BURK MELROSE PARK 10 Cents a Copy—50 Cents a Year GEN. A, H. STACKPOLE DAUPHIN Subscriptions should be addressed to the Editor, PENNSYL VANIA ANGLER, South Office Building, Harrisburg, Pa. Submit PAUL F. BITTENBENDER fee either by check or money order payable to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Stamps not acceptable. Individuals sending cash WILKES-BARRE do so at their own risk. LOUIS S. WINNER LOCK HAVEN PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER welcomes contributions and photos of catches from its readers. Proper credit will be given to con PHILIP E. ANGLE tributors. Send manuscripts and photos direct to the Editor SHARON PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER, South Office Building, Harrisburg, Pa.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE Entered as Second Class matter at the Post Office of Harris burg, Pa., under act of March 3, 1873. C. A. FRENCH, Executive Director ELLWOOD CITY IMPORTANT! H. R. STACKHOUSE The ANGLER should be notified immediately of change in sub Adm. Secretary scriber's address. Send both old and new addresses to Pennsyl vania Fish Commission, South Office Building, Harrisburg, Pa. * Permission to reprint will be granted if proper credit is given. C. R. BULLER Chief Fish Culturist THOMAS F. O'HARA Construction Engineer Publication Office: Telegraph Press, Cameron and WILLIAM W. BRITTON Chief Fish Warden Kelker Street, Harrisburg, Pa. Executive and Editorial Offices: Commonwealth of ROBERT P. DEITER Comptroller Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Fish Commission, Harris burg, Pa. V «f COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA PENNSYLVANIA FISH COM MISSION HARRISBURG, PA.
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FEATURES
Memories on Film 2 mmrWB By Dick Fortney This simple prayer which voices the fault and need of the white man in regard to his attitude to the soil was delivered by an Indian at a Conference in Oklahoma. It was printed in the Summer issue of THE LAND. 'he Acquisition of Land and Hear us, oh Great Spirit in the sky. Our people are very old people. We Fishing Waters 5 lived in this land thousands of moons before the White Man came. His way By Edward F. Westlake, Jr. of life differed from ours. For many seasons there was bitter strife between us. Now there is peace but the heart of the Red Man is sad, for the White Man has destroyed many of Nature's most bountiful gifts and has forgotten Tfl that all things come from Mother Earth and go back to her. e Big Ditch 6 The White Man thought we were slow in our lives. Our sons lived like Bv N. R. Casillo their fathers and grandfathers. We did not make many things. Our poems and our stories were spoken: we listened to the music of the flutes; but we did not record them on paper. Words of wisdom were spoken in the councils and our young men remembered. American Fishing Books: Part 2 8 We lived simply and near to the earth. In the voices of the earth and the By Charles M. Wetzel running waters and the wind in the sky we heard the sayings of the Great Spirit who made all things and gave them to us. From the muskrat and beaver and squirrel we learned of the coming seasons. When the waterfowl lr flew north we knew that soon the snows would fade and the little streams °ut Troubles 10 would run again. We watched the wolf and deer and rabbit and the fish in By Albert S. Shimmel the streams and learned how they live and how all men should live, even though they have great knowledge of books and machines. We knew how food comes from the earth, and the sap of plants and trees was like milk which the babe draws from its mother's breast. We knew that the Great PICTURE STORY Spirit would not have us make wounds in the tender flesh of the land or 'Ce Fishing Center destroy the way of growing things. We lived happily in a land where grass By Don Shiner and trees never failed for thousands of moons and where meat and skins were plentiful. Sad were our hearts when the White Man made great wounds in the earth in his haste to take riches from the soil of our fathers. From these wounds APARTMENTS gushed reddened waters—life blood of our land—into the streams and on to the Father of Waters. We were sad, for with the wisdom of a thousand Tackle Tinkering 16 moons we knew that when the water runs red or brown our land is losing ^ur Anglerettes 18 its strength and our grass and trees wither. We knew that in a few short What's New in Fishing Books 20 years the work of nature for thousands of years would be no more. 'he School Page 21 Oh, Great Spirit, bring to our white brothers the wisdom of nature and knowledge that if her laws are obeyed this land will again flourish and grasses and trees grow as before. Guide those who through their councils seek to spread the wisdom of their leaders to all people. Heal the raw wounds in the earth and restore our clear and beautiful streams. Bring ' 6e @ovesi. again the sparkling waters from our springs and restore to our soil the richness which strengthens men's bodies and makes them wise in their Silhouette from an early councils. Bring to all the knowledge that great cities which are planned live only through the bounty of the good earth beyond their paved streets morning angle. and towers of stone and steel. Photo by James Balog Ith
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MEMORIES ON FILM of yc By DICK FORTNEY to P( Back up your fish stories with actual photographs. Maybe it's w EU trouble and fuss to carry a camera but you'll never regret it. Si hi St di Did you ever try taking home a He asked the customary question: swell collection of black and whit' re fish on film instead of in a creel? "How are they biting?" prints and colored slides—and als' ].< The idea has a number of good "Swell," my friend replied. about 400 feet of colored movies—• I la points. "Any big ones?" the stranger asked. big bass, pike, and walleyes. The fish we ate already are for te For one thing, you don't have to "A couple," responsed my com gotten. The ones we photographs kill a fish in order to get its picture. panion. can be looked at and admired agatf CJ For another, a fish on film can last "I'd like to see them," said the hi as often as we wish the rest of ou' te forever, while a fish in a creel is stranger. lives. quickly gone and easily forgotten. Pi "Oh, we took their pictures and put Taking pictures of fish is only on' Besides, if you're one of the grow them back," said my friend. tt angle of the matter, however. in ing number of anglers who fish for And that guy rowed away from the Human memory can fail, but whel fun, putting back their trophies in scene still thinking we were liars, incidents that amuse or thrill ar' stead of killing them, pictures of the even after we showed him our recorded on film, they become lasting Pi trout and bass and pike you released cameras. treasures. That fact is especially im vi will answer all the doubting Thomases We spent two weeks on that fish portant for fishermen, for every fish' who have not yet learned this lesson ing trip, and we caught fish every ing trip or fishing vacation produce' h of conservation. day. But we actually killed only 21 incidents the angler wishes to re A friend artd I met another fisher of them, which we ate for lunch. member and to talk about long after man on a lake one day. But we came back home with a ward.
PENNSYLVANIA ANGLE Left: Pohopoco Creek near Kresgeville, Pa. in [the Poconos. Photo by James Balog.
, Right: Take pix of friends cooking the noon- Cay meal along shore of lake or stream.
Right center: A fish placed beside a rod will Medicate size. This pike weighed nine pounds.
. Lower right: A pix of your fishing buddy l=nawing on a sandwich is more interesting than having him just "mugging" the camera.
There is no need to discuss in this article cameras and other photographic equipment or to debate the relative merit of black and white prints and colored slides. Those things depend on how much money the angler is willing or able to invest in cameras and on whether he prefers to see his lishing pictures in an album or on a screen. Instead, we would like to offer some BHHHSHBSSBSI^^HnS suggestions about picture subjects and °n just what a film record of a fishing trip should include. •No. 1 requirement, for obvious rea sons, is a set of pictures of the fisher man and his companions. Try not to make them stilted, stiff P°ses. Take a shot of Bill munching a ham sandwich. Get one of Pete standing up to the top of his boots 111 a stream pool. Get, also, pictures of your pals casting, fighting a fish, or fading a trout or bass into the land ing net. Take the pictures while the bellows are doing something interest- lng> not just standing around or look- mg straight into the lens of the camera. In the second place, make a record °I the place you fish. If it is a stream, you -will find countless opportunities to photograph waterfalls, riffles, and P°ols. Be alert for attractive settings. watch for the chance for a shot that WlU be typical of the country—if you a£e fishing a river, take pictures that f7.°w broad expanses of water, with ftuls in the background, if a little trout stream, look for pictures that will be dt< istinguished by miniature waterfalls, ocky pools, and riffles; if a lake, weed eds or rocky shores will put a sure Ia°el on the view. But don't try to take in too much or te ie< *ritory. Remember that your camera, even if it is an expensive one, m uas certain limitations. It is far bet- ®r> for example, to take a close-up )IJ< Picture of a pretty little lake bay tnan it is to try to get half the lake m iei a single shot. :U'' •Taking pictures of the fish you catch ill- Prevents a wide variety of points of Ill *ew and picture composition. sli , It you are photographing a real ce: unker, have one of the members of re el (Turn to page 19) # PEBRUARY_1951 :f SSH Xtifc
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Y.X?4II)MX. :«••:« ^ PROGRESS REPORT
ON The Acquisition of Land and Fishing Waters
By EDWARD F. WESTLAKE, JR. Assistant Aquatic Biologist Pennsylvania Fish Commission
Money alone cannot add to the miles of streams available to fishermen in the Keystone State. Relations between landowner and angler, will, in the long run, be a determining factor in the final result.
X^OR some time it has been realized of the Stream Purchase Program and These streams must be at least five •*• by the Fish Commission and the I, as Assistant Aquatic Biologist for miles long and must show according to sportsmen that the mileage of streams the Fish Commission, was asked to Fish Commission records good biolog available to fishermen is steadily de take direct charge of actual purchas ical conditions throughout the year. clining. In 1947 the Pennsylvania Gen ing. Sixty-nine major streams were se eral Assembly passed Act No. 283 The Fish Commission decided to lected on this basis as suitable for which became effective January 1, study New York's program at close possible acquisition at this time. Fur 1948. It provided that 25 cents from range and Mr. Bittenbender was au ther study will probably add to this each fishing license would be set aside thorized to make arrangements with group. A small group of the very best for: the New York Conservation Commis of these sixty-nine streams has been 1. The acquisition of land and fish sion for me to visit and discuss with singled out for immediate work. ing waters; them their fishing rights stream ac The method of acquisition consists 2. The rebuilding of torn-out dams; quisition program. During the sum of securing an agreement from the and mer of 1950 I visited the New York landowners for the conveyance by 3. The study of problems relating to Conservation Commission and spent warranty deed after examination and fetter fishing. considerable time with those directly approval of title by the Attorney Gen *• will discuss progress concerning in charge, obtaining answers to ques eral of an easement described in the the first of these three purposes, tions which were uppermost in the agreement as "the exclusive and per namely, the acquisition of land and minds of our organization in initiating petual easement, right, occupation, and fishing waters. and carrying out a similar program. control" for use as a nshing ground Since the passage of this Act, pre Details of procedure were also care by the public in the bed of the stream liminary planning to put it into oper fully studied. A visit was made to and for a specified width on each bank ation has been carried out. Other certain streams which had been sug of the stream. states have been contacted to see gested by the New York officials as These rights of way generally ex which had such a program and to good examples of streams on which tend for a distance of from 15 to 50 study their approach. The compila fishing rights had been acquired by feet from either bank and include at tion of the findings was studied with them. intervals additional entrance rights of the view toward adapting the best of On the basis of this New York trip, way from the nearest highway. The their ideas to our own particular needs previous material compiled from other agreement also provides that the Fish and organization. New York State's states, and our own particular needs, Commission may install stream im Program appeared to be most nearly the following program was tentatively provement devices for the improve what was necessary here but it was set up by which we hope to acquire ment of fishing, the planting of cover °nly partially usable. permanent fishing rights on good fish where necessary, erosion control, and ing waters throughout the State. the posting of such signs and posters The biological records of the Fish as are deemed necessary. Camping ^-•ommission on all possible streams in Streams are to be considered first will not be permitted and fires will be ;he State were then studied to pick priority with particular reference to built only at designated points. It is those best suited for purchase. trout since they have suffered most in hoped that it will be possible to erect Last year steps were taken to begin the decline of mileage open to public stiles over fences along this corridor of Purchase. Milton L. Peek, President fishing. Further expansion of the the stream. program to lakes and warm-water °f the Pennsylvania Fish Commission, Due to the present prosperity, land ^pointed Paul F. Bittenbender, Mem streams will be considered as the pro ber of the Fish Commission, Chairman gram expands. (Turn to page 15)
ACTIVITIES OF THE PENNSYLVANIA FISH COMMISSION
FEBRUARY—1951 5 P By N. R. CASILLO
Still fishing is just what the doctor ordered, It's restful, relaxing and often surprisingly productive.
PON arriving at the considerable to get to the firmer footing of the Dropping a line in a ditch seems loco, but • Ustretch of water, Lou announced, railroad embankment. when it's in the historic Erie Canal you're "This is supposed to be a part of the liable to find a variety of finny customers "I'm wet," said Bill. waiting to smash the equipment. Erie Canal." I gave him an eloquent look, but it "I don't mind that just so's there're never got through the murk. fish in it," wisecracked Bill. Lou selected what looked like a hot The water looked good. The sandy spot and pitched his feather lure on embankments of the Bessemer rail the water. It was immediately ob road stretched interminably along its literated in the swelter of raindrops. western bank while willows and other Anyway, he methodically went about Castle to Conneaut Lake. Anyway, water-loving plants grew thinly along the business of retrieving it. that's what I was told by a long-time the edge of the opposite bank. Its For a full half hour we threw them resident despite the fact that a width varied from a couple of dozen everything we had that could be han thorough investigation of the area to more than three-score feet, and I dled with flyrods, but without the failed to disclose the place where the found out later that its more or less slightest suggestion of action. It was waterway should have swung east continuous length starts a short dis a watery void so far as we were con ward toward the lake. tance south of highway route 285 run cerned. We returned to the car de Also, the historical marker on high ning along the southern edge of the feated, wet, and cold, but convinced way route 18 near the Crawford- famous Pymatuning Waterfowl Ref that the place was good. Mercer county line states in part that uge, and ends at Hartstown on routes Some days later I chanced upon Tid the waterway extended from the 18 and 322. Sheldon, the Crawford county fish Beaver Division Canal, at New Castle, My first visit there under the ex warden and asked him about the fish to Erie. This part of the Shenango pert guidance of Lou Kelliher was ing possibilities in th canal. line north to Conneaut Lake, was undertaken in conditions calculated to "Under the right conditions it's a hot completed in 1842, and in use until discourage any but the most avid spot," came his ready reply. 1871. fishermen. Bill Guiney, the third mem Indeed, the more I delved into the "Is there anything else in there be matter the more confused I became. ber of the party, finally summoned sides the largemouth bass that I've enough courage to leave the cosy car One thing is certain and that is much already heard about?" in which we were parked awaiting a of western Pennsylvania was once letup in the torrential downpour that "Lots," he came back, and continued ramified with a network of transporta had overtaken us on the way out. with a truly varied list of fish. "Even tion waterways. And what is more northern pike are found in it," he important, the historical significance of "Come on, let's go," said Bill, slip added as a sort of an afterthought. the waterways has no bearing on their ping out of the back seat and tighten Since I consider Tid a reliable and piscatorial qualities. On the other ing the collar of his oilskin before as straight-forward expert on the local hand, it seems to me that a knowledge sembling his flyrod. fishes as well as the fishing, I resolved of their past history would enhance Without a word, Lou and I stepped then and there that I would lose but them to a fisherman so inclined. By out into the downpour. It was like little time in getting back to the big the same token, some anglers would taking a cold plunge. The dash of ditch. get a kick out of fishing the Dove even water that found its way down my While awaiting the opportunity to though they caught nary a fish; espe back made me gasp. return I did a bit of research and un cially so if the stream looked as if it After crossing a sodden meadow we earthed some very interesting facts. had what it takes. arrived at the edge of the canal. From In the first place what is locally called In the soft light of a waning day there we barged through a patch of the Erie Canal is really an extension in late May, with growing thing just cattails growing in the shallow water canal formerly running from New about as green as they ever get, while
PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER n birds in variety filled the air with mellifluous song, the spot on the canal to which we resorted was such as to make one glad that he was still alive in a world so full of woe. That's right, I did not get back to what now looked like an enchanted spot, until the following year. Tid Sheldon's latest account of the tremendous bullheads inhabiting the cool depths of the canal as well as its Uostalgic magnetism were too much tor me to resist. Accompanied by two kindred spirits, °oon companions who had stood the test of time and what is more im portant, fishermen who did not dis dainfully turn up their noses at the lowly bewhiskered bullhead, we Parked the car on the dirt road and °iade across the rich grass field. What a difference the weather makes. It was difficult to even imagine Properly prepared, chunky bullheads are savory eating. that this was the same rain sodden neld we had trod but a short year petore. The air was soft but stimulat- We tried plugs and other bass and head that was the least bit discrim mg if you can picture that apparent pike enticers until darkness began inating. As many better equipt that incongruity. The numerous bobolinks hemming us in. We tried hard for I have written, its cosmopolitan ap vied with one another as torrents of almost four hours and managed to petite being adverse to neither a long f°ng cascaded from their throbbing snag a solitary bass, a sickly specimen defunct piece of bull neck or orod- throats. which looked the worse for wear; a iferous chicken entrails. It's good to be alive on a fine May missing pelvic fin and its associated muscular support pointing to the work Almost at once Bill got a hit, a lusty g%,' poetically reflected Bill Klee. strike so .characteristic of some large *eah, this is the kind of a day that of a snapping turtle. The big reptiles w were much in evidence. bullheads. Most of them as all con °uld cause the most unpoetic to firmed bullhead fishermen know, are gush reams of iambic pentameter," When the frogs and kindered am content to swallow the bait and 'then \ gratefully added. phibians opened with their deafen digest it at their leisure right on the I feel it in my bones that something ing chorus we took up our bait rods spot where they found it, their dim ^citing is going to happen," volubly and sprawled out on the sandy em Du brains possibly sensing that they've bbled Doc Rogers. bankment overlooking a deep hole. hit the jackpot. It will," affirmed BiU. "You'll K "I hope the bullheads are more co Bill closely followed the maneuvers Probably fall in." operative than their diurnal relatives," of his prospective quarry. When the That evening we had the unique remarked Doc as he heaved his bait fish momentarily paused before again experience of watching the antics of into the darkening water. making off, the fisherman remarked, 2 bunch of black terns, the domestic Our bait consisted of worms, big "If it wasn't because I know that it activities of a pair of Canada geese, succulent fellows calculated to tickle couldn't be so, I'd say that what I have ne peregrinations of a couple of busy- the palate of the fussiest bullhead. on is a bass." °°ay muskrats, and also caught fish. However, I have yet to see the bull- Scarcely ten-seconds after Bill made the statement, he jumped to his feet and yelled, "Yipe, it is a bass! Look Almost at once Bill got a strike. "It's a bass!" he yelled. at him go!" Without thinking of the conse quences, I grabbed the flashlight re posing beside me on the rock and turned its beam on the scene of action. The fish had surfaced and the sud den bright light sent him down with that familiar SWHOOSH so dear to the ears of bass anglers. The pause which followed my fool hardy action made me fearful of the worst. Suppose the fish had broken the line and made its getaway. Suddenly, I was electrified and re lieved by an ear-splitting "Whoopie!'* "The man's gone plumb loco," scorn fully observed Doc as he calmly dunked his newly baited hook. "Why, you'd think that he had never before caught a fish." With that he resumed his seat and lighted a cigaret. (Turn to page 24) *Pm» Y B PESRUARY-1951 sufficient length for fishing with a reel By late experiments it has been ascer-th AMERICAN FISHING BOOKS tained that this article is the product^ of the silk worm, and hence an animaith By Charles M. Wetzel—Part 2 instead of a vegetable substance aSu.E formerly supposed. th "The Hair Line is frequently usedYi Continuing the history of angling in America, the Author in this issue, and makes a very good running lineSi reveals interesting facts about early fishing tackle and how it de but is especially applicable to throwingB. veloped. the artificial fly, for which purpose i"H is made large at one end, and taper.'B: gradually to the other. pi "The Salmon Line is composed 0|~" thirty or forty hairs, the common siz$c from twelve to eighteen, and are mad*le either of black or white hair, the latteJ** is sometimes colored blue or green-^ FACSIMILE OF THE ORIGINAL "SPOON BAIT," FIRST ONE others are made with hair and silt EVER MADE, INVENTED BY JULIO T. BUEL IN 1884 spun together; the principal advantag^h of the hair line is their elasticity, re-W sistance to water, running more freel}aI EARLY AMERICAN FLY FISHING sary to add that the method of fishing over bushes, and not being so liabl(t'- EQUIPMENT CIRCA 1830-1840 was exclusively with the wet fly. to entangle as the others. The best haiiw: a "Two flies are generally used, termed As we have noted before, fly fishers lines may be made by a very simpl< I technically a dropper and a stretcher, were few and far between but, with process as follows; in three quills opef-^ the advent of Smith's work, the sport at both ends, place as many hairS'S) the latter being at the extremity of the 1 line, and both made to remove at began to take hold. From now on fol equally divided, as you intend shal^ ' pleasure by a simple arrangement of lowed a steady stream of progress, form the line; now fit a pine plug if*e the casting line. When three flies are both in equipment and literature, each quill, having the hairs all evef used, there can be no better arrange which has not yet reached its culmina at the small end of the quill. Then ti'l? ment for them than the following. The tion; maybe it never will. those in the three quills together, dra^y* first drop fly to be thirty inches from Perhaps it would be well at this the hair so far through as will brinlre the stretcher, the gut only four inches point to take note of a revolutionary the shortest hair to the large end 1 8 PENNSYLVANIA ANGLE ^ eei Directions for tying and throwing is presented. The author, intrigued forded no less cause for wonderment. -erthe fly are also included in the Sport- by a pair of pretty legs and a face and The Major's salmon lines were com ucing Manual, as well as information on form to match, was shipped off to posed of . . . laugh not, good reader, naathe reel and the flies then in current Canada in the service of the Govern although smile you must I fear . . . a''use. Among the latter will be found ment by an irate London father who whipcord!!—at least so he told me; and the March Brown, Red Fly, Blue Dun, did not exactly approve of this rapidly I had afterwards knowledge of the sedYellow May, Grey Drake, Shorn Fly, growing intimacy. Somewhat addicted fact, for I used nothing else myself. ineStone Fly, Sky Blue, Red Spinner, to the bottle, yet withal a clean sports But the original fabric was in no iniBlue Gnat, Red Ant Fly, Black Ant manlike young man, Tolfrey, a clever way distinguishable; so much so, that e HFly, Whirling Blue, White Moth and writer and friend of Frank Forester I, in the innocence of my heart con >er.'Brown Moth. As you will observe describes his salmon fishing experi ceived the supple sample before me Practically all of the above are of ences with Major Browne on the to have been a kind of round and Jacques Cartier water in a most de pliant weed. 0|Englisri origin with the exception, sizePossibly, of the last two, which I be- lightful and informative way. The fol "The delighted Major soon ex adf"eve are the well-known Heath Moths, lowing may prove of interest as it is plained the mystery, and imparted to tteiP°Pular patterns of about seventy-five considerably ahead of its time, and de me the secret: it was this—having pro len^ars ago. scribes what may be considered the vided himself with some sixty yards of precursor of our present day, highly the finest and best manufactured whip sill* Among the earliest contributors to finished fly lines. agtthe annals of American sport was cord which he invaribly imported re-William post Hawes, whose articles "Having examined all the rods, for from a noted twine and net warehouse disappeared under the nom de plume of they numbered nearly a dozen, I re in the city ... he steeped it in twice- 'k. ' pypress, Jr. Hawes was a prolific turned with the Major to his piscatory boiled linseed oil for some six or eight laiiwriter and contributions from his pen boudoir, where his store of lines and months during the winter. By rea ipl here is a fascination about the The water was in fine condition with turned away short just as he seemed T little mountain brooks and broader a trout dimpling the flat glides often about to take. A moment later he streams of the valleys that cause the enough to make the fishing interest took another floating midge. most casual visit to them to be, in ing. A sporadic hatch of gray midges Chet came up to my shady spot ano itself, a small adventure. If there is with black bodies accounted for the sat down mopping the sweat from his attraction for human kind in these activity. A brace of better than ave forehead. We went through out clean flowing waters, they are a power rage trout graced Chet's creel while books, selected all our small lures. I ful magnet that draws most living one good one nestled among the hem took my place and began to offer lureS' creatures whether clad in fur, feathers lock tips and water cress, made a A half hour and four patterns later I or scales to seek them for food, drink satisfying pull against my shoulder conceded defeat and climbed the bank' or diversion. We who follow the He had continued to feed slowly an« streams regularly, year after year, harness. A No. 18 short shanked Badger Midge with black body and deliberately as before. Once he ha» get intimate glimpses of the private splashed a brown midge nymph tha* affairs of nature's children that mul slate wings had proved the acceptable pattern, the 5x leaders made careful drifted an inch or two beneath tW tiply many times the pleasure of our surface. At other times he remained handling a necessity. It had been conquests. Each year brings changed quiet until the artificial had drifted experiences that are set against the Chet's suggestion that we spend the over him then returned to takini familiar backdrop of our favorite afternoon with the canny trout at the naturals. bend. streams until they fill the kaleidoscope A lady angler entered the strean" of memory. How much they add to We had discovered him early in the some distance above and cast a wet fl}. our sport is a matter of conjecture. season and it had become a habit to across the current. Hooking her ro" The finny inhabitants of these waters spend a few minutes with him each under her arm she selected a cigarette are themselves creatures of mystery time we passed his hideout. Protected from her pack and lit it as the flj and fickle disposition. These are the as he was by the mirror smooth glide, swung down and across. A fingerlini? things that draw us back season after split currents and deep streamers of hung himself and we watched witlj season to familiar pools and ripples, dark moss he had proved a match for idle curiosity as she released him anc that take root in our philosophy and our casual efforts. Today we would changed flies. Finishing her cigarett' make angling the sport that appeals to work seriously at the problem. youth and age. He lay in plain view beside a pro- (Turn to page 24) 10 PENNSYLVANIA ANGLE* CLEANUPS STATE-WIDE TO COST 22 MILLION The job of cleaning up the streams of pollution caused by sewage is being carried on over a wide front through out the State, according to a compila tion made by the Bureau of Engineer ing, State Department of Health which is executing the Clean Streams pro gram for the Sanitary Water Board. There is now under construction by municipalities throughout the State sewage cleanup projects amounting to approximately 22 million dollars, ac cording to a recent estimate. This %ure includes the cost of sewers and interceptors in the cases where they had not been previously constructed in addition to the cost of the building °f sewage treatment works. It also in cludes the amount now under contract Dy Philadelphia which is engaged in a "0 million dollar cleanup program to be completed in 1953, the largest of its kind in this country scheduled to be completed within a specified period. The $11 million Northeast sewage treatment works in that city will be Placed in operation in the next few weeks. Construction of the Southeast sewage treatment works is well ad vanced and work has been started on the Southwest sewage treatment works }n addition to the building of hugh interceptors. Those three plants will When the ice goes out in the Spring. Cabin Branch creek, tributary of the Susquehanna. DI-ing a complete cleanup of sewage Pollution from that city and adjoining areas which have arranged to connect their sewer systems with that of Phila $125,000 in its sewage plant rehabilita Township, Delaware, Co., is spending delphia. tion program which will cost about $117,000 for the construction of an Another large project is that being $500,000. intercepting sewer to replace an in "nilt in Bethlehem where more than Schuylkill Haven was the first mu adequate sewer which will prevent tour million dollars is being spent for nicipality along the Schuylkill River pollution of Naylors Run. Additions the construction of sewers; intercep to begin construction of a treatment have been built to the treatment plant tors and a sewage treatment plant works after the Board had issued by Byberry State Hospital costing which will contribute greatly to the orders to all municipalities along the $177,000. cleanup of the Delaware watershed. waterway to provide treatment where Mifflinburg, Union Co., is building Norristown is spending $1,350,000 there are no treatment facilities. The sewers and a treatment works at a *°r additions to its existing sewage contract is for $760,000. Those munici cost of $203,186. Ellwood City, Law treatment works in compliance with palities from Reading to Philadelphia, rence Co., and Grove City, Mercer orders from the Board to provide all of which have treatment works, Co., are building additions to their greater capacity and a higher degree must provide a higher degree of treat plants. The former is costing $240,000 and the latter, $60,000. Treatment °* treatment. New Cumberland,' Cum- ment to meet the requirements neces er sary to clean up the river. Those works are being built at the Greater land Co., had just awarded con Pittsburgh Airport, by the Safe Harbor tacts totalling $1,127,180 for the con orders were issued after all the anthra cite collieries along the waterway and Water Power Corp., Conestoga Town duction of sewers, interceptors and a ship, Lancaster Co. sewage treatment plant. Lemoyne, ad its tributaries had installed desilting joining that community, is completing systems preventing more than two It is estimated that sewage treatment Lsewerage installation at a cost of million tons of silt and fine sizes of project's installed since the Clean ^0,000 and the treatment works is coal from being discharged to the Stream drive got underway represent ?oout to be placed in operation, waterways annually. an expenditure of at least 40 million ^techanicsburg, also in that county, A new sewage treatment works is including the approximated 27 mil as just completed a sewage treatment being built at Somerset State Hospital lion dollars spent by Philadelphia. w°rks and the installation of sewers at a cost of $203,000 and the plant at Progress comparable to that being and interceptors, at a cost of $1,850,000. Torrance State Hospital is being en made in abatement of pollution caused Altoona is building the first stage of larged at a cost of $173,000. by sewage is being made on the in s cleanup program under contracts Five sewage treatment works and dustrial front. Waste treatment systems amounting to $1,400,000. Two sewage two pumping stations are being built have been and are continuing to be treatment plants will be built in that at the stations along the Eastern ex installed in every type of industrial ny to replace the present inadequate tension of the Turnpike at an approxi plants, bringing vast improvement to reatment works. Reading is spending mate cost of $870,000. Upper Darby many streams. FEBRUARY—1951 II ^rnaler J-^hoto *3ft CHOPPIN' HOLES is job that separates the men from the boys, but if you hanker for ice fishing it's your baby! SETTING TIP-UP takes skill . . . water depth must be accurately measured so bait gets down to fish. FLAG'S UP . . . and there's that fancy hook 4 I slide to the pin ... or is it the sack? FAVORITE BAIT is lively minnow lower* I intnto ththe newlnewlyy chopped hole. Pickerel afl1 y perch like 'em. NICE PICKEREL gets the old t heave-ho as gang looks on, gets sprayed. Handline technique goes back to boyhood fishin'! FLAG UP! That's the story and thrill of ice fishing. But, that's not all. It takes a hardy soul . . . one with blood ... to withstand BAITIN1 UP for another try, you wintry blasts, frostbite and work. don't have to worry about an ice Usually an ice fisherman is a guy box to keep your fish fresh! who kicks like a steer if the good wife suggests chopping ice for homemade ice cream. Yet, he's the same gent who'll sweat it out in zero weather hacking a hole TALL STORIES have their origins in "bull sessions' just like this through a foot or more of solid around a campfire . . best part of the outing. ice to get in some fishing fun. Gang shown in pictures today are on typical ice fishing outing at Hunter Lake, near Eaglesmere. After holes are cut, tip-ups in place, the boys retire to the shore for hot coffee, etc. When a flag- goes up, the best base runner the Yankees ever had, couldn't get in a better slide for the flag. Photos and story by Don Shiner Rare Eel Found ! Warden Robert Greener, Lancaster Coufi A. reports finding a white Brook Lamprey while digging for lamprey eels on the bran of the lower Susquehanna River. Brook a Sea Runner Lampreys are common, but white lamprey is a very rare specimen. : M Grouse Takes Wooden Nickel to Warden Wilbur Williams reports that fish Philipsburg Rod and Sun Club November 7, 1950, he killed two nice grodan but when he went to dress them, he fouthe Russell M. Lucas, Secretary, reports the one had a piece of wood about 2% incl^tri following officers elected at the last meeting long and as big around as a five-cent pi%nc to serve in 1951: President, George Griest, in the right side of its breast. This piece 3ai Jr.; V. Pres., Eldon Woodside; Secretary, wood must have been in the bird a long ti'„ Russell M. Lucas; Treasurer, Edward Loding, because the wound had healed. It had?, c Directors, J. Leroy Umholtz, William Fenton, hurt the bird physically, because it was IJT j* J. C. Kyler, Don Townsend and Richard and fat. One wonders, why, in flying f •" Shannon. The club has set Feb. 1 as the date speed through the timber, most grouse ar^ev for the annual banquet. loaded with wooden nickels! we: cha York Chapter No. 67—IWLA dui Harold Coffman, well known conservation Hazards of a Warden n_ ist and sportsman, has been elected to serve s as President of the local chapter for 1951. NEW COMMISSION MEMBER Sometime ago I received information tfcjuj Other officers elected were: Vice Pres., Car Philip E. Angle, Sharon, Pa., who was nets were set in the Susquehanna River bee roll Hildebrand; Secretary, Kenneth A. appointed December 14, 1950, a member of the York County shore near Saginaw. lari Shultz; Recording Secretary, Robert R. Rein- the Pennsylvania Fish Commission by former The river was very low but another war 14 PENNSYLVANIA ANGL^ for three miles of another important un stream in the northeastern part of Acquisition of Land and Fishing Pennsylvania. At least forty contacts •an Waters have been made to consider purchase (From page 5) and the majority of these showed lUt definite interest if agreement on price and other individual details can be reached. ^alues are high and are still rising, ^ince the landowner retains full title I would like to emphasize that this to the land and we acquire only the is a long-term program and that we it Jishing rights, the price quoted to the are merely laying the groundwork at rouandowner is based on our estimate of present. Because the sum of money to outhe relative value of this particular be used is not an inexhaustable supply lcr^rip of land for agricultural purposes and must be used for other endeavors P"and, if possible, is about half the actual which will require an indefinite ,5ale price. Therefore, it follows that amount of money, we must proceed we are so interested in obtaining ti cautiously. permanent fishing rights on these a(jSood agricultural land will cost more i/han Poor agricultural land. Most landowners are traditionally streams instead of leasing or renting ; i The State has been divided into fearful of the loss of any rights on on a short-term basis such as 10 or 15 areSeven districts and hatchery employees their land. Progress on this program years. The major reason is that if the Were selected to assist in stream pur will be slow for some time until the lease is not renewed, any improve landowner can see the effect of this ments to leased or rented property may chase work along with their other pass out of our hands at the end of "Uties. They make contacts with land program in other areas. We find that the individual approach rather than the lease period. Leasing may be con owners on particular streams for pos sidered if of a sufficiently long term, sible purchase of fishing rights. Ac mass contacts has the best chance of success at present. If one man can such as 50 to 100 years; but we prefer quisition on any particular stream to establish a nucleus of permanent ;r begins with a complete survey of all be sold on the program on a par ar ticular stream, he becomes a strong public fishing waters within the State , >downers with the areas which they which will always remain under the ^control marked on a map of the stream factor in selling others. No pressure lri is exerted to hurry a landowner along control of the Fish Commission for the ff volved. These investigators then use of the public. carry on individual contacts with those in his decision. This in itself means t t^°ntrolling relatively large sections of that to reach an agreement with one In the last analysis, the landowner's ri With Don Shiner February, March and the first part of April to ruin the finish on a line, replace them with are restless months of the year for most new ones. Wrapping the rod is not difficult. fishermen. For many, this is a period of in It entails holding a thread in one hand and activity. Other than an occasional outing of the rod joint in the other. The thread is ice-fishing, at first glance one would surmise wound around the flattened portion of the there is little more to do than hibernate, guide and the rod joint as the joint is turned. much like a bear, in a warm room near a Near the end a loop of thread is wound under roaring fire. Yet, such is not always the case. the wrapping and the free end of the thread A huge list of jobs stare most sportsmen in is inserted and pulled under. It is then out of the face that can keep them active. The sight and held securely in place. broad term applied to this indoor activity is When varnishing the rod, it will be found tackle tinkering and as many will tell, it is that the varnish will discolor the windings not without some pleasure. To retain the original color, coat the windings The days between now and the first ap with clear lacquer (clear nail polish) or the pearance of May flies can be pleasantly spent regular color preservative. The varnish will tinkering with the fishing tackle. Many fish not affect the color of the thread then. ermen have found that while busy at this job, At the same time the finish on the rod is those days just roll by in a jiffy. It not only being checked, the ferrules can be polished in restores the tackle to good condition, but it case they stick when the rod is assembled. A is economical. A coat of varnish applied to loose reel seat can be repaired by removing the bamboo rod may make it last for another it and coating the wood beneath with a year or more. A drop of oil on that reel, or a water-proof glue. The cork handle can also patch applied to a pair of rubber boots might be cleaned. Fine sand paper will remove the also do the same. dirt, or a chemical called acetone. This will These are but a few of the many jobs that remove the fish slime and grease and make Reels should be cleaned, inspected for can keep the sportsman busy until the time the cork handle clean and soft again. It does parts, then re-oiled. is at hand when it is warm enough to venture wonders too in making the rod look and feel astream. Tackle tinkering also helps the fish like a new one. Many fishermen wash the erman to better understand and know his cork handles of their rods regularly with oiled and assembled. Removing the old equipment. He can learn how it is made, acetone to keep them clean, soft and pliable. dirt and grit cuts down the wear on how much abuse it will stand, and what One word of caution though when using this metal parts. Those parts which are worn ex- rai pieces should be replaced with new ones. By chemical, don't spill any of it on the varnish cessively can be replaced. Most sportini ] checking each piece of tackle, minor repairs or it will dissolve it, and make the rod goods stores carry these parts in stock, and i ~W. can be made which will render it in good sticky. is not a difficult task to replace any part o condition. The list of repairs includes every While the paint brush is still handy, one the reel. *! piece of equipment the fisherman owns. His can touch up or repaint many plugs and The other pieces of tackle can stand som1 rod, his reel, his lines, boots, creel, lures and spoons. Undoubtedly some have become checking. The willow creel should be washe' leaders have had a hard workout last season chipped from slamming them against rocks and after thoroughly dry it should be var and undoubtedly require attention. and stumps while fishing. These spots can nished. This care will preserve the willo* For one item, the bamboo rod was put to be touched up with enamel or lacquer, fibers and give the creel a sweet odor again-' an exceptionally hard strain, and it probably whichever was used originally. Above all, something most creels can stand! Canva! *— don't paint lacquer over enamel or it will could stand a minor overhauling during these creels should be washed in soapy water, drie' c next few months. Perhaps the wrappings cause it to shrivel. and inspected for tears. „_ have become frayed. Perhaps the varnish has Those spinners that have tarnished through Waders and hip-length rubber boots re' j_ peeled or has been chipped off in numerous exposure to air and moisture can be polished quire an occasional inspection. Many time ,1 places. Perhaps the line has grooved some of and made to look like new. Then, if given a those small pin holes that invariably letwate: . the guides. Before the guides have a chance thin coating of clear lacquer the elements seep into the boot can be found and patched won't be able to attack the bright surfaces and they will stay clean and shiny for a These next few months can be passed wit> , long time. fly tying. This is one of the most satisfyin! *) hobbies that fishermen can have. Man! ^ Tackle tinkering doesn't end here. Other 1 pieces of equipment should be checked. Flies dozens of flies can be tied during the courS J-h in the hat band and in the fly boxes can of an evening and by spring the fly boxtf "1 will be crammed full. It's always a ehalleng' Ja stand a good steaming over a boiling kettle 1 to fluff up those matted hackles. Then your to try and create fly patterns that imitate th pc natural aquatic insects better than thoS' sc: flies will look like new. 1 The threads at the eye of the hook should already used. There is a definite need for a \y, be looked over and those that appear frayed improvement in many patterns of flies. Ce should have a drop of cement or varnish. It Fly-tying amounts to nothing more tha1 co should be realized that if this thread wrap about 30 turns of thread around a hook. Th1 p^ ping begins to unravel the entire fly will thread holds bits of fur, feathers, tinsel an _ come apart. Then too, the hooks on the flies yarn securely in place. No secrets are thef- c, and other lures should be examined. Keep to tying a fly and the first one the novic these needle-sharp. Last season many of ths attempts will surprise him with its simplicity hooks were caught in tree limbs and between It's fascinating too, to watch a fly progre? rocks. Some became dull just through hook from a bare hook to that of a finished fly. ~] ing and landing fish. If the points which are Why not spend the next few months tackl' at dull are honed sharp again you can more tinkering? Fishermen should be busy in ^ easily hook and land more fish! doors, checking for repairs needed in h* ^i The months between now and opening of fish i ing season can be spent tying flies. It's a most The reels should have a little attention too. equipment. It isn't necessary to hibernate & *tt satisfying hobby. Each reel should be taken apart, cleaned, re- be inactive until trout season. P] 16 ENNSYLVANIA ANGLE' VIEWPOINT—A FABLE "From the fact of there being com paratively few who practice with the I couldn't figure what the men were doing, so I walked closer. fly, some English writers are of the There was about a dozen of them on the opinion that there are no fly fishers, M^ slope above the River. They had a kind of and many of our countrymen think X-tnetal trough rigged up, slanting down to the there are very few, but this is a great River. All of them had shovels, and they mistake. There are hundreds of good were sure busy with them, stripping sod and fly anglers, and many that can throw 'dirt from the slope, shovelling it into the trough, where it slid down into the River. a fly with the most experienced of Curious, I asked one of them: "Why are Europe." you stripping off that soil, shovelling it Brown draws heavily on various down into the River?" English works such as Blaine, Fisher, He kept right on shovelling, but spared me Walton, Cotton, and Hofland's British * look. Angler's Manual. Of the original % "We're getting paid for it." material, the following is quoted as it That was all I could get out of him—maybe a represents the American practice con U he knew. Shaking my head at the temporary with the period. cussedness of some people, I walked on home. Next morning I got up early. I had to get "Fly fishing is usually practiced with wat south field plowed soon, if I was to get a short one handed rod from ten to ^y crop in ahead of the rain forecasted. twelve feet in length, or a two handed I hitched up the greys, got out in the field rod from fifteen to eighteen feet in before the sun was more than a hand high. length. The first mentioned is the i * stopped at the top of the hill a minute, ELLWOOD CITY GIRL Io most common in use, and is calculated | oked at the field. It laid nice, sloping that for the majority of our streams, which 1950 STATE FISHING QUEEN ^ay toward the River. are small and require but little length Miss Dottie McAnallen, Ellwood I started the first furrow, straight through City's 1950 winner of the Fishing the sod toward the River. It plowed nicer of rod or line. Attached to the rod that way, and walking downhill every other would be a reel containing from thirty Rodeo last July, has been designated "me sort of rested the team. to fifty yards of hair, grass, silk, or silk the Pennsylvania Junior Better Fish ^ I thought about those men with shovels, and hair line—the latter description ing Queen for the year 1950 by the "Pitching dirt into the River just because should be used if it can be procured— National Award committee in Chicago. lotf someone was giving them money to do it. tapering from the tenth of an inch Dottie's one-pound, 8-ounce catfish lrt wasn't meant to be used that way: dirt almost to a point; to this should be at caught in the Rodeo, was the largest was meant to raise a crop in tached a leader of from one to two caught in the state and she is en J,' Went on plowing, uphill to the fence, yards in length; and finally your fly on titled to reign as queen over her State oij downhill to the River. 1 a slight length of gut; if you wish to angling domain until a successor quali f I thought about the crop I was going to ex- raise use two or three flies, place them on fies in the 1951 Rodeo. d"!"* figured on the money it would bring — your leader with short gut about The Ellwood City contest is spon • O- Nagel, in The Missouri Conservationist. twenty-four inches apart." sored by the Ellwood Rod & Gun Club. : o Here we find the leader so called John Vogler is chairman of the annual for the first time. Up to this date, and rodeo held there. for quite some time later, you will American Fishing Books observe that it had been known under sadly in the minority in those days. (From page 9) a variety of names such as casting lines, foot lengths, bottom line, foot "The scientific and graceful art of lines and collars. throwing the artificial fly is a beautiful accomplishment but not so difficult Carne out after this process as smooth In an earlier part of the book Brown as is generally imagined. In the months . and pliable as a weed. It gained also states that: "The rods used for trout of May and June, the raft and lumber i jj^nite lightness, for when it was are from twelve to sixteen feet in man from the Delaware and rivers of hr°wn on the water it fell like a length; the butt of maple, the second Pennsylvania are seen in the fishing lSingle hair on the stream. and third joints of ash or lancewood, tackle stores of New York, selecting ; fhe Major did me the kindness to and the last joint or top, of lancewood with the eyes of professors and con i^ftew me his flies also: they were all for bait; if for fly fishing, spliced lance noisseurs the red, black and grey ! his own make of course, and were wood, bamboo and whalebone, similar n hackle flies, which they use with ' rp^ e plus ultra of verisimilitude. to the salmon rod, is very often used astonishing dexterity on the wooded I ne one he found most taking in the for the same purpose. The walking ac streams of their mountain homes. I ques Cartier water, and which he cane rod, if well made, is also a very Those therefore who have never tried ,P0lrited out to me, may be thus de- useful article for traveling, or where ri ec : this method of fishing, with such un i ^ " ^ the extreme end of the body the angler does not want his business tutored examples before them, should as or profession known. Each joint is ^ tipped with bright yellow, the make a little effort towards the suc enter of a reddish brown, about the made to slide into another, and the cessful practice of this branch of the , £°«>r of bear's fur; the shoulder, dark whole is contained in a hollow butt art." Purple; the wings, from the pinion of similar to the walking cane." As I have mentioned Brown was a hen pheasant; and the tail, of two As a matter of interest, this tele tackle dealer and his shop, "The , lores from the downy feather of the scopic walking cane rod was first men Angler's Depot" was one of the few ! Mallard." tioned in Dame Juliana Berners' such places then existing in the coun B during the same year, 1845, John J. Treatyse of Fysshnge Wyth an Angle, try. du°^n' a New York tackle dealer, pro- 1496, and was also mentioned by Another favorite place was John • »ve? ^e American Angler's Guide, Schreiner in his Sporting Manual. Krider's "Sportsmen's Depot," see re inv ^as written under the pseudo- Brown offers the following in his duced facsimile of both advertise ; yrn of "An American Angler." Brown fourth edition, 1850, as an encourage ments. Mentions that: ment to fly-fishing aspirants, who were (Turn to page 19) FE , fcRUARY-1951 17 f FOR AND ABOUT in care of the ANGLER. pa ie cti PEGS GOING TROUT FISHING, TOO ti IS "A sturdy and good-looking pair of hip all the way down from the matter of rod? g boots," observed her friend, admiringly. reels and lines to flies, plugs, bugs, spoony "With warm slacks and woollen socks under spinners, fly boxes, bait boxes and the like' rr those, you'll be as snug as a bug in a rug just to mention a few of the many items i, during the first few weeks of the trout season. which there are always many good selection It's usually quite cool, you know, at that time In fact, let me warn you that over the year ', of year." you'll probably acquire numerous 'favorites P "So Bill reminded me. It's April 15, isn't depending on the type of fishing to be dorPUi it, that the trout season opens in Pennsyl and on the various and varying conditional vania?" under which you'll fish." 1 t Junior anglerettes, Christine MacDonald and Doris assured Peg that April 15 was the "I can readily believe that," agreed tb-lot Isabelle Bryan, both of Upper Darby, admire big day, whereupon the latter added enthu other, "judging by the many interesting If Isabelle's first fish, a cattie caught in Mont gomery county's Mill Creek. siastically: "I wish it were tomorrow! I can looking gadgets I've noticed among Bill's coboc hardly wait to wear my boots. Bill says I lection. By the way, my hubby said, tolg that there are other items of wearing apparfej-s "Oh, Doris, I'm so thrilled!" cried Peg. may borrow a pair of his woollen hunting available for anglerettes, as well as for megU "You know I've envied you so much 'cause socks for inside them and he'll supply me for fishing. I happen to have slacks, a spd ^ Jack takes you fishing.—And, Doris, Bill is with a belt to hold 'em up, too. By the way," shirt, sweater, jacket and a sports hat th* TT going to take me trout fishing this year. Isn't she added, thoughtfully, "If I enjoy our will be just fine for April fifteenth; but h ' that wonderful?" jaunts to the trout streams as much as I'm sure I shall, my hubby suggested that per thought that, as time goes on, I might wis ' "That's splendid!" replied Doris, a veteran haps I might also like to try my hand at bass to add some feminine fishing clothing £6 anglerette who didn't feel the least bit happy fishing when the bass season opens July first. water-proof materials to my number ofl^t when others envied her, but who preferred Do I wear boots for bass fishing, too?" item, the boots." It] to help others share her keen enjoyment of God's great out-of-doors. "You know," she "Indeed, yes. Hip boots are mighty useful "True, you probably will," interposed he is added, "from a remark that I overheard your for most any kind of fishing where you're apt friend. "More and more women are takiiribj hubby make to my hubby right here in your to roam around in water. Water and fish— to the streams and lakes every year and, ale very own home one evening last summer, all kinds of fish—-are almost synonyms, of a logical result, I've seen advertised recentUre I've had a suspicion that nothing would please course. But any time you're positive you (Turn to page om Bill more than that you should find you get a won't wade through water or walk through kick out of slipping off to some quiet spot marshlands or mud—and especially when the with him and just fishin', too." weather's very warm—you'd probably not "Well, he's going to be pleased, all right. wear your boots. In fact, many fishermen For, I know I'll get all the kick in the world fish without ever intentionally putting their out of going along," fairly sang her happy feet in water or mud. But, to most fisher friend. men," added the veteran anglerette, "hip Doris' original intention that afternoon, as boots are almost as essential as a rod and she passed by Peg's home, was to drop in reel." only to say "Hello" and "Goodbye" and to be "Well, I have a rod, too!" cried the new off, she explained. Her shopping tour had re anglerette. And back into the closet she quired far more time than she had antici fairly flew, to emerge a few seconds later pated at the outset of the day. Upon hearing with an additional package. "My birthday the good news, however, she couldn't help present also included this." tarrying for further details—and to offer her "My, what a lovely fly rod—one of the services in any way that her friend might best!" exclaimed Doris, as she eagerly took believe she could be helpful. the rod from its case, put ito together and, "Thanks very much," responded Peg to the being careful not to touch the ceiling of the proferred aid. "I feel sure that between now living room with the rod tip, made a few and that opening day many questions will whip-like motions to test its action. "You've occur to me. Most of them I'll probably direct got something here." toward Bill; but it will be so much fun to "As for a reel," explained Peg, "Bill has know that I can also pick up the phone and several. He's going to let me try them all. talk to you—that is, if I won't bore you with Some he calls automatic and some he says my utter lack of knowledge about one of aren't automatic. The automatics, I believe, your favorite sports." reel in the line at the pressure of a lever, "Why, of course you won't!" was the warm don't they?" reply. "Yes, that's the difference," assured Doris, "Say, do you know I almost feel like an the veteran. "And your hubby probably has anglerette already! And, gracious, Doris, you in mind that both kinds have their individual haven't yet heard half the good news. You merits. As with every item of fishing tackle, Ed Wright, pictured with his anglerette wtf I anglers and anglerettes, alike, have their Anne, who several times last year helped "lot should see what Bill brought home for my hubby and other male and female casting tea* birthday present!" Quickly Peg went into a favorites. Believe me, it will be a long while members bring home laurels to the Charlefsle: downstairs closet and returned with a bundle. before you decide which are your favorites, Casting Club. 18 PENNSYLVANIA A N G L E ' countered along the stream, or of a of the rod, should not exceed a pound." crane standing sedately at the water's Imagine using such a rod today! Memories on Film edge. Bethune continues: They spice the film record of any "Let your reel be not too large and (From page 3) trip. a multiplier, without a check or bal Film is cheap. Use it generously. ance to the crank, for the first will You'll find that you can never take annoy you, besides being of no use, and the last makes your reel turn i too many pictures of a fishing trip. e party hold it. If you are taking One more suggestion: faster than you think. A click may be Picture of a couple of bass or trout Most snapshots are not particularly added. Kelly is said to be the best ors)u're taking home for dinner, hold attractive in an album because they rod maker in Europe, but Conroy in teftem on a stringer or place them on are so small. So if you do your own New York can make one so good that Patch of short grass. And if you have film processing, put the negatives it will be your own fault if it be not le kind of camera that can take through a fine grain developer and successful." ctures at close range, you may even make enlarged prints. If you take Hair lines were still in vogue and *t a shot of a fish in the water before your pictures to a camera shop, ask Bethune states: , is landed. Another favorite pose is for fine grain development and en od! "Few anglers in this country will a fish that makes a landing net larged prints. A print four by five make as good lines, or make them as ke-frW*tk its size an(* weight. inches in size is ideal. cheaply as they can be had at the s j-However you pose the fish, make Put them in the album in an orderly tackle shops, but it must be noted that iortlre tnat there is something in the and attractive fashion. Put captions angling in our mountain streams re eai10* that will indicate the size of the on the pictures to remind you of quires an adaptation of their color to Lte.'°Phy. It may be your landing net, names, places, and dates. that of the water. As a general rule, ioiPUr fishing hat, or the handle end of For you will learn that the older the in a shaded forest stream, the grizzly ;iorf>Ur fishing rod, if the fish is placed pictures become the more precious grey fine is best; but in more open 1 the ground, a log, or a rock to be they are and the more you will en country, the pale sorrel, light slate, tlAotographed. joy the memories that they inspire of or amber, may be better at times." mg If somebody holds the fish, here is a experiences on lake and streams. Among the rarest of the early Amer coftod idea: Have him put the head of ican fishing works are the yearly an rfcf k on a level with his own shoul- gler's almanacs published at 12x/2 'me~J\S' ^ the tail extends below the cents by John J. Brown, the author of an po' ybody can see at a glace that American Fishing Books The American Anglers Guide. The a a lon one first of these made its appearance in th« S f § - (From page 17) t ji folding a fish in both hands, hori- 1848 and two others followed in 1849 wis^tally, ,aiso and 1851. is a good pose, unless The almanacs are divided into ! p fish is too lively to be kept in twelve monthly parts, each part being oitet position without harming it. In the year 1847 the first American embellished with an interesting vign n taking pictures of fish especially edition of Isaac Walton's Complete im rtan ette of a fishing scene. As informative ^iW P° t to get as close to the Angler appeared under the nom de works they left a lot to be desired but j01! Ject as you possibly can. Measure plume of "The American Editor." The 6 they furnished monthly information on tl tance from subject to lense ac book which is sprinkled with refer the phases of the moon, the rising and utely. You get only one chance ences and annotations relating to fish setting of the sun, the time of high take a snapshot of a fish; if it ing practices of-the-day, was in reality tides and correction factors for differ ns out to be blurred and out of edited by Rev. George Washington c Us ent localities, best fishing days, fishing r > you'U be the loser. Bethune. Of all the Walton editions, information, humorous anecdotes con £ this connection, here is a rule this book has received more praise ee cerning the sport and quotations from ^ P in mind. If your camera can than perhaps any of the others. Of the various anglers and periodicals. tocused to allow you to get within rod, Bethune comments: Since few copies exist today we are t teet of a fish, you'll get a picture "As few persons in these days make of the belief that the editions were 11^ enough that the spots on a trout their own rods, it may be well here to e very small, yet it seems hard to recon *'t ,, Markings on the body of a bass give some directions how to choose or cile this viewpoint with the fact that, • Pike will show plainly in the fin- order a rod, to be made. A trout fly next to the Bible, an almanac of some ^ picture. rod should not be more than four e X S description was to be found in nearly Nie fi u^ P^t^es of your companions, teen feet and a half at furthest. The every home of the early inhabitants. &L hshing spots, and the fish there butt solid, for you will need weight Planting, and all other outdoor work, •jf. °ther incidents worth photograph- there to balance the instrument, and was only started after consulting it for Set ^ew °^ these might include the spare tips will be carried more Ur the correct phase of the moon, a super «Je. es of your friends assembling safely in the handle of your landing stition that exists even today in some | it*\ tackle, preparing and eating net. A rod in three pieces is preferred cn of the rural communities. But be that f > taking naps at mid-day, and at the stream, but inconvenient to as it may, there is no denying the ' on. carry, and, if well made, four will not scarcity of these little almanacs. The us far we have been discussing n interfere materially with its excel copy at the Sherwin sale brought $40, j* ed pictures. lence; i.e., the butt of ash, the first ut they do not make the record which should give one an idea as to its PIe joint of hickory, the second of lance- rarity. The title page of the 1848 issue Q te, necessarily. wood, and the tip of East India bam ten, unplanned and unexpected is herewith reproduced. res boo, or, as I like better, the extreme (Continued next issue) -ci^. are far more interesting and of the tip of whalebone, well spliced S 1I\t*lan those planned in advance. 0 on. The proper elasticity is when a the fisherman who carries a quarter of an ounce weight attached When people go to Florida for the *erfra as we^ as a TO& should be 1 f r fast a to the tip causes it to descend, five feet winter for a change and rest, the bell "Mot? " t ° ction—ready to get below the horizontal fine of a rod, boys get the change and the hotels ^ftfiex a ^eer or hear that appears fourteen feet long. The entire weight get the rest. . Pectedly, or maybe a snake en ,ElJ*UARY-1951 19 Our Anglerettes (From page 18) not only waders for anglerettes who want to go into water above the hip boot line, but also durable, water-proof trousers, jackets, fishing vests, caps and hats, designed espe cially for women by several manufacturers. Say, some time let's you and I drop into a sporting goods store and ask about them." REVIEWED BY "All right," was the reply. "And we wont HUGH JOHNSON have to buy everything all at once. In fact, I probably couldn't." In Norfolk, Virginia, during the last twelve scratches the surface compared to the "Nor could I, perhaps, either. But let me months of my World War II Navy hitch, my in the Leonard book. For example, Leon L; say right here there's something about fish roommate and I, fancying that we could co lists thirty-one different Coachman flies! Vin ing, Peg, that my hubby and I learned as author a fishing book, agreed that the most extensiveness of the dictionary does dem'xijn newlyweds with very limited pocketbooks— pressing need in the literature of fishing was strate the absurd lengths to which fly Injj and, needless to add, we were grateful to a book about flies—a book which would pull vention and variation have gone, but nVay learn it—we learned that fishing is one sport together into one volume all the important fly fishermen will have a keen acadej gc in which you can have real rod-and-reel fun facts about flies and which would also in interest in possessing such a complete 4eer regardless of how much or how little you can clude a complete dictionary of fly patterns. tionary of the terminal tools of their "tra FE 20 PENNSYLVANIA ANGL* . \- A HANDY REFERENCE S^chool f-^iuae FOR 9' TEACHERS PARENTS STUDENTS By CARSTEN AHRENS Mr. Ahrens, familiar to ANGLER readers for his series on water organisms, is a biology teacher in the Pittsburgh schools and editor of the Pittsburgh Teachers Bulletin. His "School Page" will be a regular feature, and all questions regarding subjects on this page should be directed to his attention, in care of the ANGLER. FINS, FUR, AND FEATHERS Get an assortment of foods and you'll get IN FEBRUARY an assortment of birds. Last winter we kept chunks of suet in an old red onion sack and I r«r slows down when the mercury falls. flocks of chickadees flew in to visit it regu inter time is rest time for most plants and ( larly. They are agreeable tiny bundles of flirnals. Plants are said to become dormant. feathers with neat black caps and tidy black J mmals react to low temperatures in several ; "'ays. bibs. Suet also attracted the downie and idc' **i hairy woodpeckers. They seemed not a bit • 00me, like the squirrels, fall into a long, gregarious. Each would swoop in by himself, Jjrf sleep; this is called hibernation. Some, moody and solitary. The pupils soon distin r „.e many birds, take long trips to warmer guished the little downie from the larger 'mates; this is migration. A few do not hairy. They also learned the difference be 11 : , ^J to mind low temperatures. The perch tween the males and females. The males • the pickerel seem as active in winter as Rs»n thg have a red topknot; the females lack this summer . . . and are frequently e decoration. ' aught by the through-the-ice-fisherman. ;s ?ut CHUCK, THE WARDEN, SAYS: many fish become sluggish and sink to One wonders how their digestive mecha ,j e bottom of their pond where they lie nism can digest that icy suet. Scientists be m st; lieve it possible because birds are the most jjn ° motionless. If the water should freeze We've a habit in this nation, e warm-blooded of animals. Their temperature m, ^ bottom and the fish become imprisoned When discussing conservation, has been checked at 114 degrees Fahrenheit. . » "*e ice, no harm apparently is done. The To stress animals and oil, What happens to man if his temperature goes >di)n ^ls^ on our corner received a large ship- Minerals (like ore) and soil, much above 106 degrees Fahrenheit? L. 0I goldfish recently. Each pair was Waters rushing sparkling by, h 'H Een s°lidly in a cube of ice. When the ice Our bird feeder always had a variety of Forests reaching toward the sky; , s melted, the fish swam vigorously about grains and table scraps, and we always had they enjoyed their new freedom. many visitors. We entertained cardinals in And so often don't recall igs Th e winter part of a creature's life cycle is pairs, tufted titmice in small flocks, an occa The most important one of all, D-lEfc a curious one. Do you know how each sional nuthatch who sang for us through his Miss the chief of God's creation: e ARY—1951 21 COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA PENNSYLVANIA FISH COMMISSION Harrisburg Fish Stocked in the Waters of Pennsylvania—1950 Approx. Species Size Number Total Brook, Brown and Rainbow Trout 7" to 20" 2,205,943 Black Bass 1" to 12" 682,884 Catfish 5" to 12" 315,110 Sunfish 3" to 8" 687,143 Frogs (Embryo) .... 87,000 Carp 10" to 20" 108,906 Yellow Perch Adult 239,040 Minnows 154" to 6" 123,800 Pickerel 7" to 18" 1,533 Calico Bass 7" to 11" 10,125 Pike Perch Adult 356 Suckers 2" to 5" 311,527 Goldfish 70 4,773,437 Fry and Fingerling Trout Fingerling 2,876,450 DEPT. REVENUE ACT 283 -1947 Yellow Perch Fry 350,734,000 DEPT STATE 1 ACQUISITION LAND ETC Pike Perch Fry 525,000 2 REBUILDING DAMS PUBLICITY Cisco Fry 1,500,000 3 PROBLEMS RELATING TO White Fish Fry 9,000,000 • STORES Blue Pike Fry 37,000,000 401,635,450 FISHING (RESEARCH) NEW CONSTRUCTION Grand Total 406,408,887 FINANCIAL STATEMENT PENNSYLVANIA FISH COMMISSION CALENDAR YEAR 1950 BALANCE—January 1, 1950 Postage 1,040.49 Cash $999,520.16 Telephone & Telegraph 2,846.21 U. S. Treasury Certificates 109,000.00 Light, Heat, Power, Water & Fuel . 28,043.84 Contracted Repairs 1,879.81 $1,108,520.16 Rent of Real Estate 1,310.00 RECEIPTS—1950 Rent of Equipment 476.20 Resident Fishing Licenses $1,237,241.50 Insurance, Surety & Fidelity Bonds 2,528.20 Non Resident Fishing Licenses 57,070.55 Motor Vehicles 35,974.51 Tourist's Fishing Licenses 15,267.20 Equipment & Machinery 15,134.47 Eel Chute Licenses 14.00 Lake Erie Licenses 3,789.00 Total $740,800.48 Commercial Hatchery Licenses 1,910.00 EDUCATION & PUBLICITY Motor Boat Licenses 48,763.25 Salaries $6,114.30 Fish Law Fines 31,938.00 Wages 3,371.17 Motor Boat Fines 2,520.00 Fees 3,092.80 Contributions for Restocking Streams 15,475.00 Printing, Binding & Stationery .. . 19,760.34 Sale of Publications 7,418.95 Materials & Supplies 603.59 Sale of Unserviceable Property .... 1,100.07 Traveling Expenses 1,300.60 Interest 10,297.13 Postage 350.00 Miscellaneous 22.85 1,432,827.50 Contracted Repairs 13.00 Rent of Real Estate 195.00 Total Funds Available $2,541,347.66 Insurance, Surety & Fidelity Bonds 25.72 Other Maintenance Services & Ex EXPENDITURES—1950 penses 6.50 ADMINISTRATION 1,095.42 Salaries $33,661.42 Equipment & Machinery Wages 4,275.64 Total $35,928.44 Printing, Binding & Stationery .... 16,878.15 CONSTRUCTION (PYMATUNING) Materials & Supplies 861.15 Wages $32,395.77 Traveling Expenses 1,512.45 Materials & Supplies 13,320.72 Motor Vehicle Supplies & Repairs .. 791.68 Motor Vehicle Supplies & Repairs 1,300.84 Freight, Express & Cartage 93-98 Contracted Repairs 38.69 Postage 2,111.00 Telephone & Telegraph. 1,702.74 Total $47,056.02 Newspaper Advertising & Notices .. 56.73 Refund & Repayments of Receipts .. 415.00 Contracted Repairs 353.65 CJTORES Rent of Real Estate 29.68 Materials & Supplies, etc 7,744.16 Insurance, Surety & Fidelity Bonds 310.11 PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE Other Maintenance Services & (Bureau of Miscellaneous Licenses) . 23,032.60 Expenses 147.14 DEPARTMENT OF STATE Motor Vehicles 1,843.60 (State Employes Retirement Board) . 15,528.50 Equipment & Machinery 520.55 Expenditures made by the Pennsylvania Fish Commission in accord ance with Act 283—1947: Total $65,149.67 PROBLEMS RELATING TO BETTER FISHING: RESEARCH WARDEN SERVICE Salaries $7,930.50 Salaries $119,280.50 Wages 18,312.82 Wages 18,449.06 Printing, Binding & Stationery 535.85 Fees 381.00 Materials & Supplies 4,619.55 Printing, Binding & Stationery 314.41 Traveling Expenses 5,693.41 Materials & Supplies 1,733.92 Motor Vehicle Supplies & Repairs . 340.36 Traveling Expenses 71,446.68 Light, Heat, Power & Fuel 494.02 Telephone & Telegraph 3,624.74 Contracted Repairs 97.69 Contracted Repairs 35.50 Insurance, Surety & Fidelity Bonds 116.55 Insurance, Surety & Fidelity Bonds 718.54 Equipment & Machinery 2,835.98 Other Maintenance Services & Subsidies, etc 500.00 Expenses 141.75 Equipment & Machinery 3,476.12 Total $41,476.73 ACQUISITION OF LAND & FISHING WATERS Total $219,602.22 Wages $9,374.39 BOAT PATROL SERVICE Fees 257.70 Materials & Supplies $286.24 Printing, Binding & Stationery 36.89 Rent of Real Estate 117.00 Materials & Supplies 55.19 Insurance, Surety & Fidelity Bonds 303.14 Traveling Expenses 2,605.66 Rent of Equipment 800.00 Total $706.38 Equipment & Machinery 171.58 EIELD SERVICE Land 13,445.34 Salaries $13,248.00 Total $26,746.75 Wages 18,091.58 Printing, Binding & Stationery 237.01 REBUILDING TORN OUT DAMS Materials & Supplies 2,600.61 Fees 907.89 1,265,628.25 Traveling Expenses 2,297.08 Motor Vehicle Supplies & Repairs . 368.14 BALANCE—December 31, 1950 $1,275,719.41* Telephone & Telegraph 1,989.91 *$1.166,719.41 Cash Light, Heat, Power & Fuel 179.00 109,000.00 U. S. Treasury Certificates Contracted Repairs 80.50 Rent of Equipment 46.45 $1,275,719.41 204.02 Act No. 283—1947, provides that effective the first day of January 1948, Insurance, Surety & Fidelity Bonds twenty-five cents (25c) from each resident fishing license fee shall be Equipment & Machinery 1,191.11 used exclusively for (I) The acquisition of land and fishing waters (n) The rebuilding of torn out dams, and (III) The study of problems Total $40,533.41 related to better fishing. Expenditures during the calendar year are shown In detail above. HATCHING SERVICE $186,158.00 STATEMENT OF EARMARKED FUND Salaries Accrued Wages 171,467.98 Fees 430.00 154,810.80 Printing, Binding & Stationery ... 893.82 1950 154,654.39 $457,327.69 *ood & Forage 215,497.45 Expended Materials & Supplies 45,485.76 1948 ... 21,358.83 1949 34,435.89 •Traveling Expenses 9,077.07 1950 . 89,131.37 124,926.09 Motor Vehicle Supplies & Repairs 22,361.87 "eight, Express & Cartage 194.8Q Balance December 31. HI and Red tied with small wings set "I can't," he came back, "he's g< at an extreme forward angle with a it all." ___ Trout Troubles turn or two of peacock for a thorax He had overplayed his hand. Wan and a silky body of Royal Coachman ing to make certain that he hooked tb {From page 10) red made a fair imitation. I made fish and thereby surprise us, he ha eight, put them in with the midge permitted it to take out all of his lin1 patterns and forgot them until July. "Go into the water," roared Bill < Early one morning as we assembled the excitement mounted. she tossed it into the water before our tackle on Wycoff I remembered In the meanwhile, Bill's fish n returning to her casting. the tiny Teal and Red's. Attaching luctantly yielded to the combine The cigarette tipped with bright red one to my leader I doped only the pressures of arched rod and strain^ wings and wet the body so that it reel. In seconds his wide side gleam- lipstick floated down toward us and 1 by chance drifted down directly over would float with only the wings ex in the afterglow and I swung in our finicky trout. Before our very posed. In four casts I hooked and action. landed four brown trout while my "For heaven's sake get a net und' eyes he rose, took it from the surface, ( carried it back to the bottom, chewed companion stood bug-eyed with amaze that baby," pleaded Bill as I made f a moment reflectively then spit it out. ment. Dividing the midges equally it with a long handled net. The scarlet tipped paper whirled over with him we fished separate stretches We took only enough time to pla< in the current, turning, he took it of that picturesque mountain water. Bill's fish high aground before turf with a rush. Chet looked at me with In a little over an hour I had some of ing to the frantic medico. He was j a grin and a shrug of the shoulders. the grandest sport of my experience. the very edge of the abrupt bank at We had plenty of cigarettes but no lip Finally the last Teal and Red was still endeavoring to make up his lac stick! gone and try as I might my other of line with his arms. midges failed to produce. Returning "Do you still have him on?" aske A certain well known sportsman and to the car I met my friend looking Bill after a paroxysm of laughter. fly-tyer wrote a feature article in the so lugubrious it was funny. His ex "He's pulling like a steer," crif newspaper praising the old English perience had duplicated mine. When the fisherman and then dismal sea-trout pattern known as the Teal a combination of fast water and jump added, "He'll break the line." and Red. Immediately all my angler ing trout had robbed him of his last "He will unless you wade out in friends began asking for sample pat fly he had come in search of me, hop the water," warned Bill, the eage terns with the result that I tied several c ing I had been able to salvage a ness in his voice completely lost dozen in sizes twelve to sixteen. One specimen or two. the excited Doc. I might add that evening as I was tying Midges on that spot the bank dropped sudden eighteen and twenty short shanked Needless to say I lost no time in to a depth of six or more feet. hooks I happened to think of the Teal making a good supply but for the and Red. balance of the season I never took When I reminded Doc that his lii another trout on them although you was strong enough to hold the large Many times at the beginning of a can be sure I tried them frequently. fish in North America, Bill well nil midge hatch trout will not look at a choked to death. floating imitation but will break water Little wonder individuals angling for trout frequently become to ex "It tests only forty-pounds," wail' industriously. A study of the natural Doc as that fish did its level best reveals that the larva and pupae are asperated they resolve to sell all their equipment, never go near trout water yank his arms out of their sockets. blood red with silvery colored re "Aw, haul him in—run up the ban spiratory organs at the top. The Teal again. These resolutions are some times so strong they last as much as He'll never break that hawser," yell* twenty-four hours. The third day Bill. usually finds them back at the scene In desperation Doc did exactly tb of their defeat resolved to show those and banked a huge carp, in fact contrary trout just who is boss. fifteen pounder. "Ugh," snorted Bill in mock disgD as he returned to his catch. Presently Bill returned to wKe Ti Doc and I were attempting to remo1 The Big Ditch the hook from Doc's gargantu^Ai (From page 7) ^That's some fish," sniffed Bill. "The biggest I ever caught," s? Ea Doc as we slid the big fellow ba'w into its element. He had hardly gotten set when I "Now, then, where's that minnie ' N( saw him assume an attitude akin to yours?" asked Doc after we complet'So the one of the dog listening to his our task of liberation. master's voice. However, my full at "Right here," proudly replied B'G, tention immediately reverted to Bill as he held his catch in the bright be# ^ when his fish "swhoosed" again. of a flashlight. It was a chunky thre pound largemouth. W A blood curdling yell caused both |Pt Bill and I to turn to our companion. We had no further excitement. B when we left there shortly before m>'iu That worthy was on his feet and night we had twenty fine bullhead reaching out with his rod as far as his all of a size and just right for ri#Ea outstretched arms would permit. "I've proper eating. The big ditch Wvv hooked the biggest fish in the lake," paid off. La Hydro Fishing Club contest winner, Franklin he excitedly cried as he tried to reach Kissinger, Colombia, Pa. with carp 3314 pounds, a 36 inches long. Fish was caught at Safe Harbor out still farther. It's a fine idea to stop buying things i*^ dam last season. "Give him line," I yelled. can't afford, but who wants to quit eating ie 24 PENNSYLVANIA ANGLE ?Y SPECIAL AMENDMENT OF THE FISH LAWS PASSED BY 1949 LEGISLATURE AND RESOLUTION OF THE COMMISSION—ALL FISHING IS PRO HIBITED IN ANY WATERS FROM MIDNIGHT MARCH 14 TO 5 A. M. APRIL 15, 1951, EXCEPT IN RIVERS, LAKES, OR PONDS NOT STOCKED WITH TROUT THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF WATERS CLASSIFIED AS RIVERS IN PENNSYLVANIA Name Tributary To Basin or Sub-Basin *Allegheny River Ohio River Ohio I Ashtabula River Lake Erie Erie i Beaver River Ohio River Main Ohio Beaver (Little) River Ohio River Main Ohio * Beaver (Little) River, North Fork Little Beaver River Mam Ohio Black River Saucon Creek Middle Delaware 1 Casselman River "... Youghiogheny River Monongahela > Cheat River Monongahela River Monongahela Chemung River .' NB Susquehanna River UNB Susquehanna River Clarion River Allegheny River Middle Allegheny * Clarion River, East Branch Clarion River Middle Allegheny Clarion River, EB Middle Fork East Branch Clarion Middle Allegheny * Clarion River, West Branch Clarion River Middle Allegheny i Conemaugh River Kiskiminitas River Lower Allegheny Conemaugh (Little)'' River Conemaugh River Lower Allegheny -Conemaugh (Little) River, NB Little Conemaugh River Lower Allegheny *Conemaugh River, S. Fork Little Conemaugh River Lower Allegheny Cowanesque River Tioga River UNB Susquehanna ! Cowanesque River, North Fork Cowanesque River UNB Susquehanna Delaware River De aware Bay Delaware Delaware River, West Branch Delaware River Upper Delaware Elk River Chesapeake Bay Lower Mam Susquehanna : *Genesee River Lake Ontario Genesee *Genesee River, Middle Branch Genesee River Genesee i *Genesee River, West Branch Genesee River Genesee Juniata River Susquehanna River Susquehanna •Juniata River, Frankstown Branch Juniata River Upper Juniata * Juniata River, Raystown Branch Juniata River Upper Juniata Juniata (Little) River Frankstown Branch Upper Juniata e heny 1Ver er Alle en Kiskiminitas River ^ | ^ »i Jf£, Q g£ y Lackawanna River NB Susquehanna River LNB Susquehanna "Lackawanna River, East Branch Lackawanna River LNB Susquehanna •Lackawanna River, West Branch Lackawanna River LNB Susquehanna : *Lackawaxen River Delaware River Upper De aware *Lackawaxen River Lackawaxen River Upper Delaware "Lehigh River Delaware River Middle Delaware Mahoning River Beaver River Mam Ohio Monocacy River fgrSL*** """-"S&S^, Monongahela River .Ohio River Monongahela Ohio River '.'. '... • • Mississippi River Ohio Potomac River" Chesapeake Bay Potomac ScWkill River Delaware River Lower Delaware &cnuyiKiii ruver ••••••••;;•, Schuylkill River Lower Delaware IctSk! RveT; W^WerBranch'::::::^ Branch Schuylkill River . .Lower Delaware Schuylkill (Little) River Schuylkill River Lower Delaware ^KSl (Creek) **"' ^ ^ "*• Schuylkill River Lower Delaware ScSvlK $SJ Rivera: Branch ^"^.^."-^gSr" SSS&'H^-::::::::::::::::::.*„. Chesapeak=xejt Bae y 8E*2Susquehann* a busquehanna Kiver ...... •••••••• Susquehanna River Susquehanna Susquehanna River, North Branch Susquehanna River Susquehanna Susquehanna River, West Branch .•••••••;• -^mung River UN£ Susquehanna *Tioga River „. - Monongahela River Monongahela Youghiogheny River , . . °_ , . . •.„.,.» ^ * See following list for rivers and sections_in which fish.ng j, proh.bited. tie' THsT^rr~" „,, „„,„., g no mrTIDNS OF RIVERS, LAKES, AND PONDS WHICH ARE STOCKED WITH TAKABLE TROUT BY THE C FOLLOWING IS, A LIST OF RIVERS OBH^ J/Xit PROHIBITED FROM MIDNIGHT MARCH 14 UNTIL 5 A. M. APRIL 15 1951. Tioga River, Tioga County—Stocked from the bridge above Blossburg •*** Allegheny River Potter county-Stocked from the vicinity of Couders- upstream to the last bridge in this County on this stream. 9V, miles. Norn.* ^stream to the vicinity of Seven Bridges, about 8 miles. LAKES AND PONDS ta BeaV6 r RiVer a C 0 wStnit?"^ *£ ^i ! t / ^^ /RPn v PrLav7r!nce CounT line: Adams County-Hartman Dam on Marsh Creek-3 acres in Franklin J a ditiy OI Darlington upstream to the Beaver-Lawrence wuu., Township. Chambersburg Water Company Reservoir on Birch Run— a of S» East Br j^? , approximately 5 miles. „.„„,.„, from the vicinity of 22 acres in Mountain Township. W Ihsta„tnch. of clarl0n River, Elk County—Stocked from the vicinity Bedford County—Thomas W. Koon Lake on Evitts Creek—268 acres in U w n Haz 7 m 8, est Bra^ov. Pif, . ll'. j£ „ t Qt„„t-rt frnm a point known Cumberland Valley Township. Beaver Run Rod and Gun Club Dam a h c,a n Rlv er Elk ounty s Rolf? - °* "° T ,; S ,ZSr^, tovie\nVv of Wilcox, on Beaverdam Creek-1 acre in Kimmall Township. Replogle Dam on 6 Just north or nnsonbur • ix nSes ' •J° S' upstream to vieim.y oi wm. Yellow Creek—6>/2 acres in Woodbury Township. ie N »rth R,,„ . „ *„.„ „ ,_ „. ,. i,^, rmmtv—stocked from Centre County—Metzgers Dam on Spruce Creek—l>/2 acres in Ferguson anch f Llttle B lver ]PU abov? ° Conemaugh „ ;, Cambria County stocked irom Townsmp. Roosevelt Dam on Stoney Creek-3 acres in Potter Town- S e U m re Dam tream 4 m ?S °uth Bra„ ^ . 5 \>PS „ u ' r„„nt. stocked from where ship. Penns Cave Dam on Penns Creek—4i/2 acres in Potter Township. J W^g ^^^^ HiU Ift^^T&SiEtfgSA ^s ft VS&SSSXS"- Zy^^^^^^^ fr°m the N6W Y°rk ^^ "ne t0 C1^^^nCOpreyCr?e0k0lrTCohwnsVh^r °m^ ^ "" Chatham **** . Middle BrafSfci* 5"™ »• D„«„, r„™t, stocked from the vi- Cumberland County—Wade Dam on Hogestown Run—3 acres in Silver ir£ clnity or ?fh °' Genesee River, P°"" County-Stocked iro miles Springs Township. Boiling Springs Lake on Yellow Breeches Creek- Wes m Wn t Branch 0f ^« .SKS^KMSJ r S sS from th™ vicinity 9 acres in South Middleton Township. C.C.C. Dam on Hairy Spring 0t R Ver otter *!.*v Eliiibure Lr^lt c :,f= County-Stocked from rne vie Run_3 acres in Southampton Township. B SW» «™ of eju5»i^eSRiver, B.air County-Stocked from the Erie County Lake Pleasanton Branch of Alder Run-60 acres in South- ^& ^^^^^^^^^^^t^^ the lEg&SGSHrtt™ on Coon Creek_10 acres in Kingsley 6 0 1 u stream t0 L ^ V'S"" " P Somerset County line near New Balti- HZ%f*J™"cSunty-Greenwood Furnace Dam on E. Br. of Standing rigltast Branch „?S', . T>- „ h.^i.niu rmmtv-Stocked from Stone Creek—3-34/100 acres in Jackson Township. Whipple Dam on 3&S» gJ?^3S^raV^^,^^^T2S£r1 fr°m .el^unry^Tne'r1 ^^oT^Sanner Run-1 acre In Polk yl^^^'^e^Xt^gA^1*1"* 0I M^eTn^funty-Kushecua Pond on Kinzua Creek-13 acres in HamUin 6 ancl Car Snyder County—Meisers Mill Dam on West Branch of Mahantango Creek arid iu nroe bon Counties, Monroe and Luzerne Counties, Lackawanna in* LettaeQC Jw^am'toe ° Counties' ^^rTT^ye^MeJ^UeserlT'll, Wayne and Lackawann a Counties—a mileT^total dis"- MLToe'clfunty-Snowha r e n mr Lakr ae 1on Mud Run-3 acres in Price Townjhlp g River UnTon c o unt y^Halfway Da irc n Ra'pid Run-6 acres in Hartle Township. str 6L -Stocked from about two mfles biiow White Haven up- Montgomery County-Upper Perkiomen Valley Park Lake on Deep Creek zerr,om *° the source. This would Include section bordering on Lu- -38 acres in Upper Frederick Township. w „ iie anri nn.i,— r. ±, «» , T ,,™ /-. *•<„,. inni,nmDnna Snvrler Cnuntv—Meisers Mill Dam on Wes IMPORTANT TO FISHERMEN! SPECIAL NOTICE! "By Special Amendment of the Fish Laws passed by 1949 Legislature—All Fishing is Prohibited in Any Waters from Midnight, March 14 to 5:00 A.M., April 15, 1951, Except in Rivers, Lakes or Ponds Not Stocked with Trout." PENNSYLVANIA FISH COMMISSION 1